Al-Hashr 59:15
The Exile · Medinan · Juz 28 · Page 547
The Evil Consequence
كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ قَرِيبࣰاۖ ذَاقُواْ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهِمۡ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ ١٥
On the likeness of those (who suffered) a short time before them, they taste the ill-effects of their own conduct, and theirs is painful punishment.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Like those shortly before them who tasted the evil consequence of their affair.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, these are the people of Badr or the Jews of Banu Qaynuqa‘. “Wabal” originally means a pasture whose grass is heavy and harmful.
Reflect
Decide today with an eye to an action’s consequences.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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